Giant featherback knifefish

[Hampala]

My giant featherback

Is it Chitala lopis?
About 2feet length and very voracious predator.

 

[Cichla dude]

wow thats a nice knife never seen one like that!

 

[chefjamesscott]

i got two knifefish from a petsmart that were sold to me as clown knife but they ended up looking like this one very interested to see what this one is, op mind if i post a pic of mine here since its the same as yours

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice! YES...that's a C. Lopis I see a black marking around the pectoral fin, so I think Yes.

 

[King-eL]

i got two knifefish from a petsmart that were sold to me as clown knife but they ended up looking like this one very interested to see what this one is, op mind if i post a pic of mine here since its the same as yours

You're is probably just spotless CK as petsmart get their fish most captive breeds.

 

[jphillips2020]

Yeah check out this pic of one I found they get pretty big.

 

[DonVitto123]

wow thats a big clown knife

 

[bcrazy0001]

Awesome fish doode!

 

[artemis1]

NICE!!! Looks like a lopis to me mate! They can grow about a 6 or 7 inches longer than a clown knife, and are spotless. A rare find indeed


-Art

 

[Hampala]

It's mine the small one.
Is it c.lopis too? Why the head is different?